2-phenyl benzothiazolyl acetic acid derivatives

ABSTRACT

A compound of the formula   IN WHICH A as well as B are hydrogen, lower alkyl, hydroxy, lower alkoxy, halogen or di(lower alkyl)amino; M is OH, NH2 or OZ where Z is alkali metal, aluminum, alkaline earth metal, diethylammonium, ethylenediammonium or triethanolammonium; and acetic acid radical is attached at the 5- or 6-position of benzothiazole ring. These compounds are useful for medicines and have anti-inflammatory activity, analgesic activity and antipyretic activity.

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[ Z-PHENYL BENZOTHIAZOLYL ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVES [75] Inventors: Jin Wada, Kishigaya; Tadayuki Suzuki; Hiroki Miyamats, both of Tokyo, all of Japan [73] Assignee: Tokyo Tanabe Company, Limited,

Tokyo, Japan 22 Filed: Sept. 8, 1971 21 App]. No: 178,810

[30] Foreign Application Priority Data June 24, 1971 Japan 46-45264 52 115.6. ..260/304,260/299,424/270 511 Int.Cl ..c07 91/44 58 Field of Search 260/304, 299

[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,300,507 1/1967 Sharpe ct al 260/304 Primary lixaminer Richard J. (iallaghcr Attorney, Agent, or Firm-T0ren and McGeady June 18, 1974 [57] ABSTRACT A compound of the formula ZQD N GHZCOM 10 Claims, N0 Drawings Z-PHENYL BENZOTHIAZOLYL ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVES X cmooM 3 in which A may be hydrogen, lower alkyl, hydroxy, lower alkoxy, halogen or di(lower alkyl)-amino;

B may be hydrogen, lower alkyl, hydroxy, lower alkoxy, halogen or di(lower alkyl)amino;

M may be OH, NH or OZ where Z is a cation; and

the acetic acid radical may be attached at the 5- or -position of the benzothiazole ring.

In the compounds of this invention, lower alkyl and alkoxy have from one to three carbon atoms. Examples of lower alkyl and alkoxy are methyl, ethyl, propyl, methoxy, ethoxy, propoxy and the like.

Examples of the halogen are chlorine, bromine and the like.

The salts and the amide derivatives of the new 2- phenyl-S or -benzothiazolyl acetic acids represent an additional aspect of the invention. The salts of these benzothiazolyl acetic acids can be obtained by treatment of said free acid with base under mild conditions. In this manner there may be obtained alkaline metal salts such as the sodium and potassium, the aluminum salts or salts of alkaline earth metals such as calcium. Salts of organic amines such as diethylamine, ethylenediamine or triethanolamine may be obtained by reacting said free acid with the appropriate organic base. The amide derivatives of the free benzothiazolyl acetic acids are important intermediates in synthesizing said free acids, and in many cases are themselves useful as end products.

The 2-phenyl-5 or 6-benzothiazolyl acetic acid compounds of this invention are synthesized by performing the known Willgerodt Reaction with 2-phenyl-5 or 6-acetyl-benzothiazole compounds having the general structural formula:

where A and B have the previously defined meanings and the acetyl radical is attached to the 5- or o-position of the benzothiazole ring.

ln particular, 2-phenyl-5 or 6-acetyl-benzothiazole compound is mixed with ammoniumpolysulfide and the mixture is heated in a sealed tube, so as to form the acid amide compound thereof. Such acid amide compounds can be hydrolized in routine manner to obtain the 2- phenyl-S or o-benzothiazolyl acetic acid compounds. However, the compounds of the invention are preferably synthesized by adopting the Kindler modification of said Willgerodt Reaction, in which a mixture of 2- phenyl-S or 6-acetyl-benzothiazole compound with sulfur and secondary amine is heated under reflux and the resulting thioamide compound is'hydrolyzed by being heated in water or in aqueous organic solvent together with acid or base, for 10-20 hours. The above 2- phenyl-S or -acetyl-benzothiazole compounds used as principal raw material for synthesizing the new compounds of this invention may be obtained by reacting 2-amino-4 or S-acetyl-thiophenol with benzaldehyde compound or benzoylchloride compound. As the secondary amines mentioned above, dimethylamine, morpholine, piperidine and the like, may be used.

The new compounds of this invention are useful for medicines, that is, they have good anti-inflammatory activity, analgesic activity and antipyretic activity. Tables 1-4 illustrate results of toxicological or pharmacological tests with the new compounds of the invention, of which Table 1 shows acute toxicity tests using mice (50 percent of 'Lcthal Dose), Table 2 shows antiinflammatory activity tests in oedema of the rat hindpaws induced by carrageenin, Table 3 shows analgesic activity tests in pain' of mice induced by hot plate method as well as acetic acid-stretching method, and Table 4 shows antipyretic activity tests in hyperthermic rats induced by yeast.

TABLE 1 Compounds tested A B Position of LD (mg/kg) CH CO,H

H H 5 I365 p.o.

4-N(CH3)2 H 5 900 p.o.

2-0H H 5 450 i.p.

4-Cl H 5 250 i.p.

H H 6 450 i.p.

4-CH(CH H 6 400 i.p.

2-OH 3-CH 6 450 i.p.

phenylbutazonc 370 i.p.

TABLE 2 Compounds tested A B Position of Inhibition CH,(,(),H rate (/1 H H 5 46.7 A-NtCHQ H S 52.0 2-OH H 5 44.5 4-Cl H 5 35.3 H H 6 v 39.5 4-CH(CH!)) H 6 34.6 2-OH B-CH: 6 25.0 phenylbutazonc 45.3

TABLE 3 Compounds tested inhibition rate B Position of Hot plate method Acclic 36 CH,CO,H (400 Summing mg/kg method (100 mg/kg 3.0.]

H H 5 67.2 64.2 4-N(CH3), H 5 66.7 63.2 H H 6 55. 68.6 4-CH(CH,)= H 6 35.8 43.3 3-OCH1 4-OCH1 6 7l 44.4 phenylhutazone 50.0 636 TABLE 4 Compounds tested Rectal temperature UC) A B Position-of Dose Before After CH,CO,H (mg/kg) 100 38.5 $007 2 hours 37.] $0.15 H H 200 38.3 0.l9 4 hours 36.4 10.09 H H 6 100 38.32018 4hours 37.3 1019 100 38.4 3:0.[5 3 hours 37.6 i 0.2] ucctyl salicylic acid 200 38.3 i 0.09 3 hours 36.3 0.l I

control The following examples serve to illustrate the invention without however limiting it:

EXAMPLE 1 2-(4'-methylphenyl)-5-benzothiazolyl acetic acid: 8.0 g. of 2-(4-methylphenyl)-5-acetyl-benzothiazole and 1.25 g. of sulfur are added to 5.2 g. of morpholine, and the mixture is heated on a oil bath using reflux condenser for hours. The reacted mixture is concentrated in vacuo to crystallize out 2-(4'-methylphenyl)- 5-morpholinothiocarbonylmethylabenzothiazole, which shows melting point of l76-l79C after being recrystallized from ethanol.

The thioamide thus prepared is added to 100 ml. of IS percent hydrochloric acid solution, and the liquid mixture is heated on a steam bath using reflux condenser for hours, to hydrolyze said thioamide compound. A small amount of active carbon is added to the reacted solution, and the resulting liquid mixture is filtrated after having been heated. Dilute sodiumhydroxide solution is added little by little to said filtrate to adjust the pH thereof to 4-5, so as to crystallize out 2-(4'-methylphenyl )-5-benzothiazoly1 acetic acid. Said crude crystals are recrystallized from a mixture of ethanol and water, whereby the melting point becomes l65l67C. The yield is 2.1 g. (24.8 percent of the theoretical amount). The elementary analysis for l6 13 2 Calcd. C: 67.83 H: 4.27 N: 4.94

Found C: 67.63 H: 4.71 N: 5.22

EXAMPLE 2 2-(2'-hydroxyphenyl)-5-benzothiazolyl acetic acid: 2-(2'-hydroxyphenyl) -5- morpholinothiocarbonylmethyl-benzothiazole having melting point of l43-l45C is synthesized in the same way as in Example l except that 8.! g. of 2-(2'- hydroxyphenyl)-5-acetyl-benzothiazole were used instead of 8.0 g. of 2-(4-methylphenyl)-5-acetylbenzothiazole.

The thioamide thus prepared is added to 10 percent sodium-hydroxide solution, and the liquid mixture is heated on a steam bath under reflux for 20 hours, to hydrolyze said thioamide compound. A small amount of active carbon is added to the reacted solution, and the resulting liquid mixture is filtrated after being heated. Dilute hydrochloric acid solution is added little by little to the said filtrate to crystallize out 2-( 2'- hydroxyphenyl)-5-benzothiazolyl acetic acid. Said crude crystals are recrystallized from a mixture of ethanol and water, whereby the melting point becomes 2l52l6C. The yield is 4.5 g. (52.2 percent of the theoretical amount). The elementary analysis for is ii n Calcd. C: 63.15 H: 3.89 N: 4.91

Found C: 63.42 H: 3.64 N: 4.84

EXAMPLE 3 2-(4'-dimethylaminophenyl)-5-benzothiazolyl acetic acid: 20.5 g. of 2-(4'-dimethylaminophenyl)-5-acetylbenzothiazole and 3.0 g. of sulfur are added to 50.0 g. of morpholine, and the mixture is heated on a oil bath under reflux for 30 hours. The reacted mixture is concentrated in vacuo to crystallize out 2-(4'- dimethylaminophenyl)-5' morpholinothiocarbonylmethyl-benzothiazole.

The thioamide thus prepared is added to 200 ml. of 35 percent hydrochloric acid solution, and the liquid mixture is heated on a steam bath under reflux for 30 hours, to hydrolyze said thioamide compound. A small amount of active carbon is added to the reacted solution, and the resulting liquid mixture is filtrated after being heated. The filtrate is allowed to stand in a refrigerator, to crystallize out yellow needles of 2-(4'- dimethylaminophenyl l-5-benzothiazolyl acetic acid bydrochloride, the decomposition point of which is 22022 lC.

The hydrochloride obtained in the above is added to 700 ml. of water and the mixture is heated on a steam bath under reflux. The mixture was then allowed to stand in a refrigerator, to crystallize out yellow needles of 2-(4'-dimethylaminophenyl)-5-benzothiazolyl acetic acid, the melting point of which is 230231C. The yield is l0.2 g. (43.0 percent of the theoretical amount). The elementary analysis for C17H16N2O2S:

Calcd. C: 65.36 H: 5.16 N: 8.97

Found C: 65.28 H: 5.11 N: 8.86

EXAMPLE 4 The thioamide thus obtained is added to 100 ml. of potassium-hydroxide solution, and the mixtureis heated on a steam bath under reflux for hours. The reacted mixture is acidified with dilute hydrochloric acid solution to crystallize out 2-phenyl-5- benzothiazolyl acetic acid. Said crude crystals are recrystallized from a mixture of benzene and dioxan, whereby the melting point thereof becomes 178-179C. The yield is 6.7 g. (62.9 percent of the theoretical amount). The elementary analysis for C 5HnNO2si Calcd. C: 66.90 H: 4.12 N: 5.20

Found C: 66.75 H: 4.14 N: 5.25 EXAMPLE 5 2-phenyl-5-benzothiazolyl acetic acid: 2.53 g. of 2- phenyl-5-acetylbenzothiazole and 13 ml. of

ammoniumpolysulfide solution (yellow) are added to 10 ml. of dioxan, and the mixture is heated in a sealed tube at a furnace temperature of l55165C for 10 hours. The resulting mxiture is cooled to crystallize out yellow needles of 2-phenyl-5-benzothiazolyl acetamide. Said crude crystals are recrystallized from methanol after the methanol solution has been clarified by filtration with a small amount of active carbon, whereupon the thus prepared crystals are recrystallized from a mixture of benzene and dioxan, whereby the melting point of the final crystals becomes 206207C. The yield of said acetamide compound is 2.2 g. (82.1 percent of the theoretical amount). The elementary analy- Calcd. C: 67.14 H: 4.51 N: 10.44

Found C: 66.98 H: 4.43 N: 10.18

The acetamide thus prepared is added to 10 ml. of 20 percent hydrochloric acid solution. and the liquid mixture is heated on a steam bath under reflux for 10 minutes. to crystallize out 2-phenyl-5-benzothiazolyl acetic acid. On recrystallizing said crude crystals from a mixture of benzene and dioxan, the melting point becomes l78-179C. The yield is 1.8 g. (81.7 percent of the theoretical amount). The elementary analysis for C H NO SI melting point of 18 l-182C is synthesized in the same way as in Example 4 except that 2-phenyl-6-acetylbenzothiazole instead of 2-phenyl-5-acetylbenzothiazole is used.

Further, the thioamide thus prepared is treated in the same way as in Example 4 to obtain 2-phenyl-6- benzothiazolyl acetic acetic having melting point of 173175C. The yield is 6.2 g. (58.8 percent of the theoretical amount). The elementary analysis for C15H11NO2S:

Calcd. C: 66.90 H: 4.12 N: 5.20

Found C: 66.71 H: 4.08 N: 5.28

EXAMPLE 7 2-( 2' -hydroxy-3 -methylphenyl )-6-benzothiazolyl acetic acid: 7.8 g. of 2-(2-hydroxy-3'-methylphenyl)- 6-acetyl-benzothiazole and 1.5 g. of sulfur are added to 20.0 g. of morpholine, and the mixture is heated on a oil bath under reflux for 20 hours. The reacted mixture is concentrated in vacuo to crystallize out 2-(2- hydroxy-3-methylphenyl)-6- morpholinothiocarbonylmethyl-benzothiazole. On recrystallization thereof from ethanol the melting point becomes 175C.

The thioamide thus prepared is added to ml. of 10 percent potassium-hydroxide solution, and the liquid mixture is heated on a steam bath under reflux for 23 hours. The reacted solution is acidified with dilute hydrochloric acid solution, to crystallize out 2-(2'- hydroxy-3 '-methylphenyl )-6-benzothiazolyl acetic acid. On recrystallization thereof from a mixture of benzene and dioxan the melting point becomes 206207C. The yield is 5.0 g. (60.7 percent of the theoretical amount). The elementary analysis for re ia a Calcd. C: 64.20 H: 4.38 N: 4.68

Found C: 64.22 H: 4.63 N: 4.84

EXAMPLE 8 2-(4'-methoxyphenyl)-6-benzothiazolyl acetic acid: 2-( 4'-methoxyphenyl) -6- morpholinothiocarbonylmethyl-benzothiazole having the melting point of l63.5-164.5C is synthesized in the same way as in Example 7 except 10.4 g. of 2-(4'- methoxyphenyl)-6-acetyl-benzothiazole is used instead of 7.8 g. of 2-(2-hydroxy-3'-methylphenyl)-6-acetyl benzothiazole.

The thioamide thus prepared is hydrolyzed in the same way as in Example 3 except that the filtrate of the reacted solution has been poured into ice water instead of cooling the filtrate of the same in a refrigerator, and hydrochloric acid salt of 2-(4'-methoxyphenyl)-6- benzothiazolyl acetic acid is obtained.

The thus obtained hydrochloride is treated in the same way as in Example 3 except that 300 ml. of water instead of 700 ml. is used, and 2-(4-methoxyphenyl)- 6-benzothiazolyl acetic acid is obtained. On recrystallizing said benzothiazole acetic acid from aceton, the melting point thereof becomes 151-l53C. The yield is 4.4 g. (40.5 percent of the theoretical amount). The elementary analysis for C H NQ S:

Calcd. C: 64.20 H: 4.38 N: 4.68 Found C: 64.38 H: 4.31 N: 4.92

EXAMPLE 9 2-pheny1-6-benzothiazolyl acetic acid: 6.0 g. of 2- 5 phenyl-6-acetylbenzothiazole and 30.8 ml. of ammoniumpolysulfide solution (yellow) are added to 24 m1. of dioxan, and the mixture is heated in a sealed tube at a furnace temperature of 150160C for 10 hours. The resulting mixture is cooled to crystallize out 10 yellow needles of 2-phenyl-6-benzothiazo1y1 acetamide. Said crude crystals are recrystallized from ethanol after the ethanol solution has been clarified by filtration with a small amount of active carbon, whereupon the thus prepared crystals are recrystallized from dioxan, whereby the melting point of the final crystals becomes 229-230C. The yield of said acetamide compound is 5.3 g. (83.5 percent of the theoretical amount). The elementary analysis for C H, N OS:

Calcd. C: 67.14 H: 4.51 N: 10.44

Found C: 67.21 H: 4.38 N: I039 The acetamide thus prepared is added to 30 ml. of percent hydrochloric acid solution, and the liquid mixture is heated on a steam bath under reflux for 20 minutes, to crystallize out 2-phenyl-6-benzothiazolyl acetic acid. On recrystallization thereof from a mixture of benzene and dioxan the melting point becomes l73l75C. The yield is 4.4 g. (82.8 percent of the theoretical amount). The elementary analysis for C15 HuNOgSZ Calcd. C: 66.90 H: 4.12 N: 5.20

Found C: 66.88 H: 4.08 N: 5.25

EXAMPLE 10 In the same way as in the preceding Examples, the following compounds are synthesized:

acid (mp. 177C).

2-(2', 4'-dichlorophenyl)-6-benzothiazolyl acetic acid (mp. l06l08C). 2-(2'-chlorophenyl)-6-benzothiazolyl acetic acid (m.p. l53.5-155.5C).

8 2-( 4'-dimethylaminophenyl )-6-benzothiazolyl acid (m.p. 2l2214C), 2-( 4' -isopropylphenyl )-6-benzothiazolyl (m.p. l62l63C).

What is claimed is: 1. A compound of the formula:

acetic acetic acid acetic acid radical is attached at the 5- or 6-position of benzothiazole ring.

2. A compound as claimed in claim I, where lower alkyl is methyl, ethyl or propyl.

3. A compound as claimed in claim 1, where lower alkoxy is methoxy, ethoxy or propoxy.

4. A compound as claimed in claim 1, where halogen is chlorine or bromine.

S. A compound as claimed in claim I, where B is hydrogen, M is OH, acetic acid radical is attached at the 5-position of benzothiazole ring, and A is one member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, 3 chloro, 4-chloro, 2-hydroxy, 4'-methyl, 4'-isopropyl, 4'-methoxy and 4'-dimethylamino.

6. A compound as claimed in claim 1, where B is hydrogen, M is OH, acetic acid radical is attached at the 6-position of benzothiazole ring, and A is one member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, 2'- chloro, 2'-hydroxy. 4'-hydroxy, 3'-methyl, 4'-methy1. 4isopropyl, 4'-methoxy and 4'-dimethylamino.

7. A compound as claimed in claim 1, where A as well as B are hydrogen, M is NH and acetic acid radical is attached at the 5- or 6-position of benzothiazole ring.

8. A compound as claimed in claim 1, where A is 3- methoxy, B is 4'-methoxy, M is OH, and acetic acid radical is attached at the 5- or 6-position of benzothiazole ring.

9. A compound as claimed in claim 1, where A is 2'- hydroxy. B is 3-methoxy, M is OH, and acetic acid radical is attached at the 6-position of benzothiazole ring.

10. A compound as claimed in claim 1, where A is 2'- chloro, B is 4'-chloro, M is OH. and acetic acid radical is attached at the 6-position of benzothiazole ring.

t i t UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION P t N 3,818,023 Dated June 18, 1974 Jin Wada et al Inventor(s) It is certified that error appears in the above-identified patent and that said Letters Patent are hereby corrected as shown below:

In the heading of the patent:

The surname of the third inventor should read -Miyamatsu--,

Add to the recitation of the foreign application priority data:

--Sept. 11, 1970 Japan. .79,325/l970.-

Signed and sealed this 8th day of October 1974.

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MCCOY M. GIBSON JR. C. MARSHALL DANN attesting Officer Commissioner of Patents RM po'wso (mes) uscoMM-oc scan-p09 Y 11.5. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OF'ICEJ 9'9 0-386-33, 

2. A compound as claimed in claim 1, where lower alkyl is methyl, ethyl or propyl.
 3. A compound as claimed in claim 1, where lower alkoxy is methoxy, ethoxy or propoxy.
 4. A compound as claimed in claim 1, where halogen is chlorine or bromine.
 5. A compound as claimed in claim 1, where B is hydrogen, M is OH, acetic acid radical is attached at the 5-position of benzothiazole ring, and A is one member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, 3''-chloro, 4''-chloro, 2''-hydroxy, 4''-methyl, 4''-isopropyl, 4''-methoxy and 4''-dimethylamino.
 6. A compound as claimed in claim 1, where B is hydrogen, M is OH, acetic acid radical is attached at the 6-position of benzothiazole ring, and A is one member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, 2''-chloro, 2''-hydroxy, 4''-hydroxy, 3''-methyl, 4''-methyl, 4''-isopropyl, 4''-methoxy and 4''-dimethylamino.
 7. A compound as claimed in claim 1, where A as well as B are hydrogen, M is NH2, and acetic acid radical is attached at the 5-or 6-position of benzothiazole ring.
 8. A compound as claimed in claim 1, where A is 3''-methoxy, B is 4''-methoxy, M is OH, and acetic acid radical is attached at the 5- or 6-position of benzothiazole ring.
 9. A compound as claimed in claim 1, where A is 2''-hydroxy, B is 3''-methoxy, M is OH, and acetic acid radical is attached at the 6-position of benzothiazole ring.
 10. A compound as claimed in claim 1, where A is 2''-chloro, B is 4''-chloro, M is OH, and acetic acid radical is attached at the 6-position of benzothiazole ring. 